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Seize the day: Time to let solar “daylight saving” in batteries reduce our costs in Australia
Well-designed reforms are needed to accelerate the shift away from the exposure to oil and gas. If we get the settings right, future price shocks will be the exception, not the rule.
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A fair energy system is worth fighting for, but without playing the solar and battery blame game
Claims that solar and battery households are “not paying their way” on the grid – and shifting costs to the have-nots – overstates the problem and misidentifies its cause.
Electric trucks are increasingly competitive, and could be a thing – if only the transport minister would listen
Updated: It is clear that electric trucks are increasingly competitive. Australia has an opportunity to seize the moment, but is the transport minister listening carefully enough?
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Seize the day: Time to let solar “daylight saving” in batteries reduce our costs in Australia
Well-designed reforms are needed to accelerate the shift away from the exposure to oil and gas. If we get the settings right, future price shocks will be the exception, not the rule.
A fair energy system is worth fighting for, but without playing the solar and battery blame game
Claims that solar and battery households are “not paying their way” on the grid – and shifting costs to the have-nots – overstates the problem and misidentifies its cause.Electric trucks are increasingly competitive, and could be a thing – if only the transport minister would listen
Updated: It is clear that electric trucks are increasingly competitive. Australia has an opportunity to seize the moment, but is the transport minister listening carefully enough?
Transmission superhighways will revolutionise energy, but distribution network “roads” will drive the transition
We are so focused on building new transmission superhighways that we’re ignoring the smaller stuff – the existing roads of tried and tested distribution networks.
Open the grid: Why Australia needs power availability maps now
Applying for grid connections is like a fishing expedition. You lower your hook into the murk and hope you come up with something edible and not an old boot.
Why the “generational” data centre opportunity feels a lot like the coal and gas debates of old
Australians have spent decades fighting over how much multi-national investors should pay for our resources. Now, it seems the debate has shifted from the mines to the machines.
